I've rejected the idea of a personal god. I can believe that there is a god who created the universe and scientist are discovering how it did it. I can believe there is a Mother Earth that provides checks and balances to our planet. I can believe that prayer can help the mind calm and refocus but there is no difference between prayer and meditation in that case.
The bottom line for me is the anthropologist idea of religion. It was created to help people cope with catastrophes and to give moments in life a special feeling. I shy from public spectacles and no matter what you do, that tornado is going to kick you ass. You are better off taking care of yourself than to wait for some divine being to help you.
I suppose I have a religion and it's a mish-mash of a bunch of different traditions with a heavy emphasis on early Buddhism (pre-gods.) I can also see Obama subscribing to early Christianity before all the politics got involved. I see Obama as a Christian Humanist with an emphasis on Humanist.
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Date: 2009-01-21 05:04 pm (UTC)The bottom line for me is the anthropologist idea of religion. It was created to help people cope with catastrophes and to give moments in life a special feeling. I shy from public spectacles and no matter what you do, that tornado is going to kick you ass. You are better off taking care of yourself than to wait for some divine being to help you.
I suppose I have a religion and it's a mish-mash of a bunch of different traditions with a heavy emphasis on early Buddhism (pre-gods.) I can also see Obama subscribing to early Christianity before all the politics got involved. I see Obama as a Christian Humanist with an emphasis on Humanist.